That don't make no sense to me

Presumably anybody cycling on the roads wants cars to be able to notice him/her. This being the case, why do we get cycle jerseys/jackets with really stupid black and grey designs?

This has been brought especially to mind as I bought Kirby Girl a pleasant, women's specific Gill 'Vixen' cycle jersey this week. Unfortunately, when it arrived, we discovered the back of it (other than a couple of inches at the very top of the shoulders, which you wouldn't see from behind anyway) was completely grey (or 'carbon' as they called it). Here's the image (pictured left) we had to go on:

As you can see, there's no way to tell the back of it is grey from the picture and it just looks like an aesthetically pleasing ladies' cycle jersey. In fact, it is aesthetically pleasing and the grey is fine to look at, other than its being almost the same colour as a road surface. Surely making a jersey in such colours/tones is a bit of a faux pas on the part of the manufacturer?

Additionally, Gorsebank bought himself an Altura 'Stream' windproof jacket (pictured right) towards the end of last year. As you can see from the picture, it has a black back. Whilst it's not as bad as the Gill 'Vixen' jersey (at least you can see the collar and half of the arms in red), it beggars belief that any company would deliberately create a cycle top which can't be seen well from the back. One would have thought trying to keep your customer base alive would be a good step for getting return trade.

Both are well enough made tops and completely fine in all other aspects but I just can't understand why anybody would make the back of them as inconspicuous as possible. They're intended as cycle wear for goodness' sake! People tend not to want to be unnoticed and get run over.

It's fair enough making off-road only clothing in whatever colour, or lack thereof, you damn well please but making clothing, to be used by people cycling on the road, in (more or less) the same colour as the road they're cycling on is ludicrous. I just don't get it at all. There's always the argument 'You don't need to buy it then' but I don't always know what the back of a jersey or jacket is like if I'm ordering it online. It's a pain to have to keep returning items because they could prospectively create a dangerous situation.